Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library

Few were so universally loved within the homosexual movement as psychologist Blanche M. Baker.

Though a resident of San Francisco, Dr Baker frequently journeyed to Los Angles to consult with the administrators of ONE, Incorporated and participated in ONE's annual meetings. The ONE, Incorporated library was dedicated as The Blanche M. Baker Memorial Library on January 15, 1965. Three months later, on April 18, ONE was to forver fracture, with the libaray and half of ONE's boardmebers settling in a new location across from Universal City in the San Fernando Valley.

The the time of the schism, the Blance M. Baker Memorial Library had come to amass some 2500 volumes. This section of the website seeks to reconstruct the library as it was at the time of the split. This database privides us with a rare glimpse into the mindsets of the administrators of ONE Institute and the publishing of ONE Magazine and the ONE Institute Quarterly. As a product of history, it both a unique glimpse into the pre-Gay era and the age of homophile activism.

Don Slater and Jack Gibson were the first curators of the collection, which began when ONE was first started in 1953. Jim Kepner, who had started collecting homosexual-themed materials in the 1940s, contributed many of his books when he joined the organization in 1954. Other significant contributors to this archives include Dr. Vern L. Bullough, Joseph Hansen, Dr. Harry Benjamine, Blanche M. Baker, and Charles Hamer.

Where possible, the references current location is indicated. HIC is the Homosexual Information Center. Books at the Vern and Bonnie Bullough on Human Sexuality (CSUN) are or will soon be available upon appointment through the Special Collections at Oviatt Library at California State University in Northridge.

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